“I think at the core of everything has been her journey about accepting love and accepting that she has worth, that she is loved and that she deserves happiness,” Maia told JJJ recently about Callie’s hurdles on The Fosters.

She adds, “I think a lot of the times when you see her really spiraling, it’s triggered by her inability to accept that. It’s an ongoing thing. She’s been in countless foster homes, she’s been abused physically and sexually; she’s lost parents, she’s been through a lot.”